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Becoming a Cut Flower Grower

Lydia Watson

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Fréquence : 1 épisode/4j. Total Éps: 162

Join new cut flower grower Lydia for a behind-the-scenes look at how she's starting to grow and sell cut flowers in the south of England. Over the course of 2025 she'll be sharing everything she's doing to get her cut flower business up and running, from the planning stages all the way through to harvesting flowers, by way of highs and lows, hints and tips, lessons she's learning along the way (often the hard way) to the production and selling of beautiful cut flowers.

If you're thinking of starting your own cut flower business or you'd just like the low-down on what it's really like, this is the podcast for you. Lydia talks very honestly about everything she's doing and she would love you to join her on this journey.

Lydia is a professional gardener and garden consultant who is establishing a cut flower business in 2025. She records this bi-weekly podcast as well as writing monthly articles for The Country Smallholder magazine.

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✅ Find Lydia on instagram @henhillcutflowers

✅ For more information visit her website www.lydiathegardener.co.uk

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What Happens When you Sow Cheap Supermarket Seeds

Épisode 2

mardi 14 janvier 2025 • Durée 13:13

Hello and welcome. In this episode I talk about my “trial beds”: what they are and how they came about, including the massive crisis of confidence I had at the start of 2024 which meant that I ended up with trial beds in the first place. I describe the layout of the beds and explain how I created them, then I discuss how I made the paths (and what I learnt about paths the hard way!). I also talk about the challenges I had creating the beds including obstacles I put in the way myself (it’s those compost bins again!). Finally I talk briefly about some of the seeds that I used in the trial beds in 2024, and what I learnt about them that will be really useful for my 2025 growing season. Apologies for my overuse of the words "adore" and "masses" in this episode!

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ What my trial beds taught me

✅ Easy-to-make compost bins for budget-conscious growers

✅ Mistakes I made laying paths

✅ Where I sourced my seeds

✅ The seeds that turned out to be something else entirely

✅ What I learnt that will be essential for the 2025 growing season

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If you like what you hear, please subscribe so you never miss an episode. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review – it really does help more flower lovers find the show.

Follow me on instagram @henhillcutflowers for a behind-the-scenes look at life on my cut flower plot.

Join me on my journey through a year of growing and selling cut flowers. I'm going to give you the low-down on what it's really like, how I'm getting started, what you do and don't need, what I do when and why, the successes and failures, and just about everything in between. All in real time. With guest appearances from my chickens every now and then.

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Braving the Cold: Welcome to my Cut Flower Growing Year

Épisode 1

jeudi 9 janvier 2025 • Durée 12:39

Hello and welcome to my first episode of 2025. In this episode I brave the freezing temperatures and take a quick walk around the cut flower plot to see what’s going on and what is surviving the chill. I also discuss my compost bays including how I set them up, constructed and positioned them and what I add to keep them going.

Are you dreaming of running your own cut flower farm or business? On a small or large scale? Would you love to go back to nature and grow flowers? Are you wondering how you might get started and what the challenges would be? Have you considered which cut flowers you should grow?

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ What's going on at the plot on a freezing day in January

✅ The importance of composting

✅ How I built my compost bins

✅ Where to position compost bins

✅ How the rats are (sort of) helping with the compost

✅ How and why I ended up with so many pallets

✅ What happened to my lovely chard and spinach (yes, it was the chickens)

✅ What happened to my gorgeous Cavalo Nero (destroyed by a squirrel...)

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If you like what you hear, please subscribe so you never miss an episode. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review – it really does help more flower lovers find the show.

Follow me on instagram @henhillcutflowers for a behind-the-scenes look at life on my cut flower plot.

Cut Flowers: What you really DO and DON'T need to get started

Épisode 3

jeudi 16 janvier 2025 • Durée 22:50

Hello and welcome. In this episode I bust some myths about what you do and don't need to get started growing cut flowers, plus a few things that would be ideal. If you're dreaming of starting your own cut flower business, you might be interested to hear about whether or not you really need to own your own land, what qualifications you should get, whether or not you need a greenhouse, and my thoughts on websites and social media. I also talk about resilience in the face of adversity (i.e. dealing with the British weather), confidence (or lack thereof), accepting rejection gracefully, having a sense of humour, loving the outdoors, as well as assessing your strengths and weaknesses. Plus, I discuss the benefits of a regular water supply, the need for compost bins and the blessing of some support when you really need it. It's all here.

In this episode, I’m diving into what I think you do and don't need to grow the best cut flowers.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ The basic essentials you need

✅ Whether you really need a website or social media accounts

✅ How a greenhouse can help (but it's not essential)

✅ If professional horticultural qualifications are needed

✅ The personality traits that will help enormously

✅ Why you should have a compost bin

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If you like what you hear, please subscribe so you never miss an episode. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review – it really does help more flower lovers find the show.

Follow me on instagram @henhillcutflowers for a behind-the-scenes look at life on my cut flower plot.

Set Growing Goals and Why You Must Store Water

Épisode 4

mercredi 22 janvier 2025 • Durée 23:54

Hello and welcome. Join me on today's episode as I let the hens out into a chilly and misty morning and chat with you about the merits of tables, the importance of somewhere to sit on your plot, the benefits of making detailed notes about everything you do, and I answer a very good question about whether you actually need prior experience of sowing and growing before you start with cut flowers. I go into details about my own water storage facilities and the serious mistake I made in 2024 that meant I nearly ran out of water. Finally I talk about the importance of making goals and how I use them to help with planning my year of growing, measure my progress, and stay focused. It's also fun to watch a few of them whizzing by as I'm inevitably thwarted by the weather, squirrels, or my own mistakes!

In this episode, I’m talking about goals and some useful things you might need.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ Why goals are so important

✅ If prior experience of sowing seeds is essential

✅ The importance of water storage facilities

✅ Why you definitely need a seat on your plot

✅ Why taking notes is so useful

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If you like what you hear, please subscribe so you never miss an episode. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review – it really does help more flower lovers find the show.

Follow me on instagram @henhillcutflowers for a behind-the-scenes look at life on my cut flower plot.

Review of 2024 Cut Flower Trial Beds: Important Lessons to Learn

Épisode 5

vendredi 24 janvier 2025 • Durée 17:57

In today's episode I review the cut flowers I grew in my 2024 trial beds. I talk about what cut flowers I planned to grow and why, what I actually ended up growing, which cut flowers turned out well and why, what the florists loved, what I didn't like, where I sourced my cut flower seeds, the seeds which flourished and those which either didn't germinate or turned out to be something else entirely, my cosmos disaster, the strawflowers that didn't have time to flower and everything in between. I don't pretend to be an expert because I'm absolutely not! There will be mistakes (and mice) and things I could have done differently. Above all, it's honest and real. And I never did find the lychnis.

In this episode, I’m reviewing the cut flowers I grew in 2024.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ What worked in 2024 and what didn't

✅ Seed sourcing

✅ The cosmos disaster

✅ The strawflower disaster

✅ Mice that kept eating my seeds

✅ The flowers that the florists really loved

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If you like what you hear, please subscribe so you never miss an episode. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review – it really does help more flower lovers find the show.

Follow me on instagram @henhillcutflowers for a behind-the-scenes look at life on my cut flower plot.

Which Dahlias Do I Need? How Do I Choose?

Épisode 7

vendredi 31 janvier 2025 • Durée 18:18

Dahlias are the queens of the cut flower world. They are achingly beautiful and come in a vast array of varieties, colours and shapes. Join me behind the scenes while I plan my 2025 dahlia beds.

Today I talk about the nursery I visited in September 2024 to look at some selections (with obligatory notepad and pen), a brief bit about apprenticing with Richard Bailey (a top prize-winning dahlia exhibitor and a truly wonderful human being, more to come about him in future episodes), the dahlia nursery that I'm ordering from, the agonies of choosing (there are so many different dahlias available!), a brief outline of my plan for staking my dahlias this year, how my tuber 'Maggie C' is freaking me out by shooting already (help!) and all sorts of other thoughts including my Top 6 Dahlias for 2025 (plus the other Top 2 that I've already ordered)...

In this episode, I’m diving into how to select the best dahlias to grow.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ How I've chosen my dahlias for 2025

✅ My chosen dahlia suppliers

✅ Staking plans for 2025

✅ Why ordering from a specialist grower is preferable

✅ My Top 6 Dahlias for 2025 (plus 2 others that I've already ordered)

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If you like what you hear, please subscribe so you never miss an episode. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review – it really does help more flower lovers find the show.

Follow me on instagram @henhillcutflowers for a behind-the-scenes look at life on my cut flower plot.

Perennials: What Worked in 2024 and What's New for 2025

Épisode 6

mercredi 29 janvier 2025 • Durée 22:48

Hello and welcome to a rainy episode. Join me today as we let the chickens out first thing this morning for a warm scrambled egg breakfast (them, not me) and I talk about the perennials I grew on the plot in 2024. I'll share with you why perennials can form the low-maintenance backbone of your cut flower plot, and how to do this according to your own budget. Hear about where I sourced my perennials from, including the garden of a favourite client who sadly passed away, as well as plant sales, seed I've sown myself, and a very special one from my all-time favourite garden, Great Dixter in Kent. Hear about the inevitable disaster (duck damage), the successes, and the cheeky spreaders which I have to keep a very close eye on. I also talk about the different ways you can obtain perennials depending on your budget, and what's going to be new for me in 2025.

* No hens were injured in the making of this episode! The noise you hear is them flying into my face as I opened their henhouse door this morning! *

In this episode, I’m talking about the best perennials to grow.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ Why perennials make great cut flowers

✅ Easy-to-grow varieties that I love

✅ Sourcing perennials

✅ Growing perennials from seed

✅ My new perennials for 2025

🌻 Subscribe & Stay Connected!

If you like what you hear, please subscribe so you never miss an episode. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review – it really does help more flower lovers find the show.

Follow me on instagram @henhillcutflowers for a behind-the-scenes look at life on my cut flower plot.

Sweetpeas: Perfect for Dramatic Scented Cut Flowers

Épisode 8

mardi 4 février 2025 • Durée 15:13

This week got off to a rather chilly, murky, and drizzly start. However there's nothing like the thought of hundreds of gloriously coloured and heavily scented sweetpeas to cheer me up.

My sweetpea story starts with a holiday outing to buy raw milk on a farm in Dorset which led to the discovery of a fantastic supplier of sweetpeas. I share the types of sweetpeas I ordered in 2024 for the 2025 season, why I have committed to removing tendrils this year (a challenge too far, perhaps?!?) and why I'm busy collecting and storing toilet roll tubes. I talk about how I'm going to stake my sweetpea plants this year and what happened when I had the chilling "Hang on, I don't have enough sweetpea seeds..." moment (answer: I'm going to have to buy more).

In this episode I also answer a question from a listener about whether I am paid to mention suppliers and/or products and I also share a brainwave about how I plan to lay out my flowerbeds in 2025. I recorded this episode in my car today and it's just me talking directly to you. I hope you enjoy.

In this episode, I’m diving into how and why I'm selecting the best sweetpeas to grow.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ The difference between types of sweetpeas

✅ Why I'm planning on removing tendrils this year

✅ Why I'm collecting hundred of toilet rolls

✅ How I found my sweetpea supplier

✅ Which sweetpeas I'm growing in 2025

✅ Staking plans to avoid tangled stems

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If you like what you hear, please subscribe so you never miss an episode. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review – it really does help more flower lovers find the show.

Follow me on instagram @henhillcutflowers for a behind-the-scenes look at life on my cut flower plot.

Which Cut Flowers Should I Grow? How to Select the Best Ones

Épisode 9

vendredi 7 février 2025 • Durée 13:19

Are you wondering which cut flowers you should grow? Are you confused by all the choices and not sure which will suit your needs or your budget? Are you thinking about the impact of vase life, stem length or scent?

In this episode, I’m diving into how to select the best cut flowers to grow.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ What makes a flower ideal for cutting

✅ Easy-to-grow varieties for budget-conscious growers

✅ The importance of understanding what your target market wants

✅ How to choose unique flowers to give yourself the edge

✅ My tips if you’re new to growing or on a tight budget

✅ My Top 5 flowers that are perfect for cutting

🌻 Subscribe & Stay Connected!

If you like what you hear, please subscribe so you never miss an episode. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review – it really does help more flower lovers find the show.

Follow me on instagram @henhillcutflowers for a behind-the-scenes look at life on my cut flower plot.

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Storing Seeds & Money Saving Tips for Making Your Own Seed Compost

Épisode 10

mercredi 12 février 2025 • Durée 14:42

It's February so let's talk about seeds! Collecting, drying, storing and saving, plus some seeds to avoid and the best seed compost.

Everyone is talking about seeds right now and I'm certainly thinking about mine. In this episode I explain why seeds are saved from one year to the next and I cover the basics of how to store your seeds. Plus I talk about tricky seeds that need special conditions to germinate (and which are possibly best avoided if you're a novice). Finally I talk about how I make my own seed compost (and potting on compost) so that my seeds have the best possible start whilst not costing a fortune either.

In this episode, I’m diving into how I store seeds for the best germination rates.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ Why saving seeds saves money

✅ My DO's and DON'Ts for storing and saving seeds

✅ The importance of labelling seeds correctly

✅ Why I make my own seed compost (and how you can too)

✅ Seeds to avoid if you're new to sowing

🌻 Subscribe & Stay Connected!

If you like what you hear, please subscribe so you never miss an episode. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review – it really does help more flower lovers find the show.

Follow me on instagram @henhillcutflowers for a behind-the-scenes look at life on my cut flower plot.

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